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# Possible Automation

This file describes functionality that

* would confuse most people I attempted to explain it to
* would save little time overall
* is unlikely to work in a significant number of cases

Nonetheless I feel the need to write them somewhere.

## Travel Distance Calculation

The obvious answer is the (paid) google maps api.
there may be a free api somewhere, too.
But why deprive ourselves of a "fun" exercise?

1. Get coordinates of every municipality in Georgia
2. Get straight-line distance and heading from each to Macon
3. Manually enter google maps estimates for a couple dozen
4. Get a formula $T(d,θ)$ and calculate the rest

## Extract Bluebeam Markups from Pdf

Right now I'm exporting Bluebeam markups to csv before processing,
however if I converted to the code to extract the markups directly with MuPDF.Net
as I've managed before with itext, that could save a step.

## Panel Schedule Machine Learning

I have a fair number of labeled panel schedules from previous jobs
that would be ripe for training.

## Misc Web Scrapers

[#12 Stranded THHN 1000ft](https://www.homedepot.com/b/12/Stranded/1000-ft/12/1/N-5yc1vZ1z0np5dZ1z113htZ1z1uh20Z1z1uhk9/Ntk-elasticplus/Ntt-Thhn)